Vietnam's salt farmers toil in the fields during the annual harvesting season from January to JuneHON KHOI (VIETNAM) - The salt farmers of Hon Khoi rise before dawn as they have for generations, fanning out across shallow seawater pools in southern Vietnam to harvest the precious mineral, hoping for a better season than the last. The work is punishing and the incomes unstable, subject to seesawing demand swayed by foreign imports, and increasingly unpredictable weather patterns. But the farmers say life is tough on the fields where they toil during the annual harvesting season from January to June. But unpredictable demand is not all Vietnam's salt farmers are up against. "Climate change really has had an impact because salt production needs stable weather," the 57-year-old farmer told AFP.

Source: Bangkok Post May 19, 2019 02:37 UTC